Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-23


located here, all of which are Handsomely
endowed; and the further fact that severa
important trunk line railroad companies
are seeking an entrance here; and the still
further fact that immense wholesale house.
are going up and contracts being made fol
more, and immense sums of money are on
hand and ready to carry heavy wholesale
establishments, is pointed to by Wichits
men as sufficient evidence TO convince the
least credulous of the stable, solid growth
already attained. Add to this the fact
that Drincely sums of money from the east
are daily sent here to bs placed in the
hands of shrewd, levelheaded men, who
will quietly but surely invest it; and one
must naturally conclude that SO long as
prosperity attends the great agricultural
world around Wichita, she must indeed
continue to increase in population, com
mercial importance and wealth, and thai
nothing short of an earthquake can check
her amazing growth, and that only for a
short period of time. 1t must also be un
derstood that the leading men of this city
are not only brainy and energetic,
but that they exert won.
fui influence over the millionaires
OF the New England States, all of whom it
is thought, would back them with untold
millions if occasion required. The above
is but 1.-THE of what might be said, but it
is, We opine, sufficient to show upon what
the people here base their present prospect
| ty and future great expectations. But it
must he rememb, red by other cities with
natural advantages anxious to grow, that
Wichita's great advantages had to be her
aided abroad to the world in order to make
the Wichita of today To the papers of
| Wichita, foremost among which is the
EAGLE, must justly be credited the honor of
telling to the world, very eloquently and
truthfully, by the way, the wonderful re-
sources and possibilities of Wichita and
her immense tributary country. And it
must also be borne in mind that the citi-
zens of Wichita aided and ahettcd the
aforesaid papers, by sending them broad
cast over the world and patroniZing them
to such an extent as to enable them to add
to their material strength and their editO-
rial force in manner commensurate with
the influence they were expected to WELD.
In q word, the people of Wichita stood by
their local papers and with one accord at
tributed Il great degree of their
present success to them. Today
Marsh NJ Murdoch, of the EAGLE, 8
seated in 500 chair before an elenant
desk, in, without doubt, the handsomest,
most richly furnished sanctum to be found
in the United States, all the gift of the
business men of Wichita. There are few
if any papers in the world that exert moro
influence over their own people tnan does
tire Wichita EAGLE. Among the financial
men OF the city, to whom it is indebted for
its wonderful increase in material wealth,
Is Mr.. j. o. Davidson, president of the
Davidson Loan and Trust Company,
and of the Citizens Bank. Mr..
Davidson, although young man, has
amassed a great fortune and stands today
among the leading financiers of tho west
He is gifted with rare business qualifica-
tiOns, and his business foresight at times
seems to be more the result Of genius than
cool calculation. His success, while truly
remarkable, is however, the result of close
application to businesf, strict integrity in
all transactions and the nerve to manipu.
late vast sums of money as readily as
an ordinary business man could few
hundred. To j. o. Davidson. and
men of his financial ability Wichita is
greatly indebted for her prosperity EN-
ma Abbott is here. with her superb opera
company. She electrified an immense au-
dience at the Garfield opera house last
evening. The opera was Martha" The
Abbott rendition of the Last Rose of
Summer" called forth immense applause
and an encore. 1t was truly intensely en-
chanting. Miss Abbott has signified her
intention of investing in Wichita property.
WICHITA, Kan. March 10.